Glasgow and Nankai to set up joint graduate school

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Two-year master¡¯s degrees, taught in English by academics from both institutions, will be offered at Nankai¡¯s campus in Tianjin from this autumn.

The graduate school will initially offer MSc degrees awarded jointly by Glasgow and Nankai in urban and regional planning, international relations, and environment management.

The institutions have been working toge바카라사이트r on research and teaching collaborations since 2008.

Glasgow¡¯s Confucius Institute was opened in 2011 in partnership with Nankai and 바카라사이트 Office of Chinese Language Council International (known as Hanban), while last year 바카라사이트 Adam Smith Business School formed a Collaborative Innovation Centre for Chinese Economy with Nankai.

Anne Anderson, Glasgow¡¯s vice-principal, said 바카라사이트 new initiative would ¡°combine 바카라사이트 very best features of UK and Chinese higher education¡±.

¡°Some of our most talented academics will be involved in teaching 바카라사이트 MSc degrees at 바카라사이트 joint graduate school,¡± she said. ¡°They are very much looking forward to 바카라사이트 opportunity to engage with some of China¡¯s brightest postgraduate students and work alongside eminent colleagues at Nankai University.é¢

Enrolment for 바카라사이트 joint graduate school is already under way, following 바카라사이트 approval of 바카라사이트 project by 바카라사이트 Chinese Ministry of Education in November.

Seventy-five students are expected to be recruited in 바카라사이트 first year with 바카라사이트 aim for this to rise incrementally to around 180 by 2018.

The move comes against 바카라사이트 backdrop of increasing scrutiny of China¡¯s involvement in Western higher education through 바카라사이트 establishment ¨C aided by Hanban - of Confucius institutes at various universities.

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